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- 2. What is Rockand Roll? ● Like A Rolling Stone (1965) ○ “#1 Rock and Roll song of all time” (1976 by…?) ● On your own, write five single words that you feel best represent Rock and Roll
- 4. Early Rock andRoll (Late 40s and 50s) ● Grew out of the years after WWII ○ Influence of teenagers in the marketplace ■ R&B, Country = adults; Rock and Roll = teens ○ Rhythm and Blues, Swing, Chicago Blues, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie ● Almost always duple meter ○ Rock “backbeat” ● “Moondog” Alan Freed: disc jockey, played Rhythm and Blues to predominantly white teenagers; coined the term “Rock and Roll” (borrowed the term; meaning?)
- 5. Name Change Rhythm andBlues → Rock and Roll Why the change?
- 6. Early Rock andRoll Artists ● Chuck Berry ○ Maybellene ○ Roll Over Beethoven ● Jerry Lee Lewis ○ Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On ○ Great Balls of Fire ● Little Richard ○ Tutti Frutti ○ Lucille ● Billy Haley & His Comets ○ Rock Around The Clock
- 7. Racial Division Ain’t ThatA Shame Shake Rattle and Roll Tutti Frutti Ain’t That A Shame Shake Rattle and Roll Tutti Frutti
- 8. Billboard Charts ● Classifiedmusic by genre, best selling, and most played, among other things. ○ Pop(ular) Chart = “white music” ○ Rhythm and Blues (R&B) Chart = “black music” ● Prior to mid 1950s, it was unheard of for a song/record/artist to “crossover” from one chart to another
- 9. Elvis Presley (1935- 1977) ● Game Changer ○ Not the first to have hits on multiple charts, but did so many time and with much success ■ Heartbreak Hotel: Topped both Popular and Country-Western charts, also made it to No. 5 on the Rhythm and Blues Charts ■ Blue Suede Shoes ■ Jailhouse Rock ● Barriers are breaking down, but not gone
- 10. “If I couldfind a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.” -- Sam Phillips, Sun Records Responsible for popularizing many artists including Howlin’ Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley
- 11. 1960s ● Civil Rights ●Vietnam War ● Counterculture / Hippies ● Second Wave Feminism ● Space Race
- 12. Music Mirroring Society ●Young white listeners embracing black artists and white artists who mimic the “black” sound ● Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) ○ Spurred period of conflict, Southern opposition, violence, defiance of court orders ○ Sit-Ins, freedom Marches ○ Martin Luther King, Jr. ● Civil Rights Act (1964); Voting Rights Act (1965)
- 13. 1960s ● “Ask notwhat your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” -- JFK, 1961 ○ Who is “your”? ● Collective American identity? What is/n’t American? ● Political rights of minorities
- 14. Teenagers Growing Up ●College aged activists; music with a mission ● Once listening to Rock/R&B of the 50s, now identifying with folk music ○ Rejecting mass culture, commercial success ○ Mastering the “traditional” sound/style -- huh? ● Saving society from the oppression of government
- 15. The Folk Revival ●Early 1960s: Old and new musical ideas to comment on current issues; restrictive in the general idea of “folk sound” ● Revived from the political songs (sung in the folk style) of the 1930s -- especially those of Woody Guthrie ○ This Land Is Your Land ○ Massacre of 1913 ○ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
- 16. Popular Folk Artistsof the 60s ● Pete Seeger ● The Weavers ● The Kingston Trio ● Peter, Paul, and Mary ● Joan Baez ● Judy Collins ● Bob Dylan
- 17. Bob Dylan asFolk Singer ● Fan of Woody Guthrie; pilgrimage to NYC, 1960 ● Inspired by his political writings/songs ○ 1963, “The Times They Are a- Changing” ● Uncomfortable being pinned down as “folk” -- or any genre, really
- 18. Woody Guthrie, idolizedby Bob Dylan
- 19. Dylan at theNewport Folk Festival Bob Dylan (and friends) 1963 Bob Dylan 1964 Bob Dylan 1965 (clips)
- 20. Bob Dylan “GoneElectric” ● Selling out? Becoming a part of the “establishment”? ● Folk-Rock ○ Subterranean Homesick Blues ● Ever changing sound
- 21. Rock in the1960s ● Flavors ○ Folk Rock ○ Surf Rock ○ Pop Rock ○ Psychedelic Rock ○ Blues Rock ○ Progressive Rock ○ Art Rock ■ Baroque Rock? ● Very difficult to categorize Rock ● Many directions at once ● Originality
- 22. The British Invasion ●Rock/blues becomes popular with UK teens ○ Late 1950s ○ Rebellious music/image ● US teens losing interested in US rock and roll, “one hit wonders;” looking for something new and different ○ The Mod style ● Beatlemania
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- 25. The Beatles ● 1964,CBS Evening News: “The British Invasion this time goes by the code name Beatlemania.” ● Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 ○ A family show? ○ According to the Nielsen Ratings, 45% of Americans viewed this show ● Documentary: The British Invasion
- 26. Baroque Rock ● AKA:Baroque Pop, Chamber Rock/Pop ○ A Whiter Shade of Pale ■ Inspired by Bach ○ In My Life ○ Eleanor Rigby ○ Albatross ● Current(ish) Baroque Rock ○ Regina Spektor ○ Belle and Sebastian ○ Jem ■ Bach Prelude in F Minor (WTC Book II)
- 27. Surf Rock ● AKA:Surf Pop, Beach Rock, Hot Rod Rock ○ Southern California: early 1960s ● Dick Dale and the Del-Tones ○ “King of Surf Guitar” ○ Misirlou (1963) ■ Black Eyed Peas: Pump It ● The Belairs ○ Mr. Moto
- 28. Beach Boys ● BrianWilson ○ Musical mastermind ○ Harmonies ● Good Vibrations (studio footage) ● Surfin Safari ● Sufin’ USA ● Barbara Ann ● Wouldn’t It Be Nice
- 29. Psychedelic Rock ● Influencedby hallucinogenic drugs ○ Goal is to replicate and enhance the drug trips ■ LSD / Acid ○ Beatles ○ Yardbirds ○ Grateful Dead ○ The Doors ○ Jimi Hendrix ○ Pink Floyd ○ Jefferson Airplane